Facebook, YouTube And Google Join Election 2014 Fever

With the elections beginning next week in India, almost everybody seems to want a say in the biggest democratic exercise in the world. Little wonder then that Google India and Facebook have launched their own campaigns on Elections 2014.

Facebook

Facebook has released an Election Tracker application that allows Indian users to track mentions of candidates, view latest news and participate in polls. The tracker will also show a live stream of candidates during the elections along with a graph that will show mentions of prominent candidates on the app. You can access the app here

Google

First watch this incredible Google India advertisement about 97-year-old Shyam Negi who is recognised as Independent India’s first voter and has never missed voting even once at his hometown in a small hamlet called Kalpa in Himachal Pradesh.

This isn’t the only thing that Google has done though. It has created an entire mini-site that you can access here. Neatly divided by party and region, Google will attempt to give you all the latest news about the elections on its homepage. Another tab encourages you to take a Pledge to Vote. You can watch the video featuring celebrities like Amitabh Bachchan, Sakshi Tanwar, Shaan, Arjun Rampal, Diya Mirza etc pledging to vote here –

On another tab, you can check Hangouts with popular leaders that have been held so far such as AAP candidate V Balakrishnan and Jammu and Kashmir CM Omar Abdullah. The most relevant tab called Trends gives a Google Score to the top five politicians making news while supporting infographics give supplemental information to readers.

YouTube

The YouTube Elections 2014 page is a subset of Google’s Election page but is packed with videos from various news channels and other sources about leaders and parties in a bid to keep readers on top of the news. You can check the link here